Fredericton’s bike lanes and trails ‘disjointed’ at key locations: cycling survey
The survey was conducted in summer 2016 and identified several broken points on Fredericton's bike map.
During summer of 2016, the city of Fredericton, N.B. conducted a survey of its two-wheeling residents, getting an on-the-ground perspective of the state of the municipality’s bike infrastructure.
The results are in, Fredericton’s chief traffic engineer told CBC reporters, and in at least one case, what they tell city officials isn’t exactly glowing.
Most notable, surveyed cyclists said, is that the city’s downtown bike lanes are disjointed, as they are elsewhere in the city. The trails and paved lanes, whose construction started in 2007, are disconnected in some rather troublesome places, with one bike lane reportedly ending shortly after an intersection.
“What we’re missing,” engineer Jon Lewis told the CBC, “are kind of the key connections to the destinations. You know the trails are great for a recreational standpoint. You can get around the city, but we’ve got some gaps in there. People just can’t quite get to their destinations.”
The survey’s other findings about Fredericton cycling and bike infrastructure are being pored over by city engineers, and the results, likely along with a few recommendations, will be presented to city council at a later date.
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